One-thousand, seven-hundred, and fifty-two
That’s the number of punt return yards Javier Arenas amassed during his career from 2006-2009. It was also 9 yards short of breaking the record. Not an Alabama record... Not an SEC record.... An NCAA record.
7
Arenas’s career punt return touchdowns. One short of the NCAA record of 8.
One of the best return men to have ever played at Alabama (behind only maybe David Palmer), and one of the best ever in college football, Javier Arenas was one of the few sparks of the Mike Shula classes that became a fire when Nick Saban arrived.